Ott's spear on Chara

[Tom Polakis]

Ott got fined $2,222.22 for the spearing....

...and that is the best amount for a fine that's ever been levied in NHL history.

A dangerous spear like that one deserved a much harsher sentence, like a $3333.33 fine.

 

[Le Tricolore]

A dangerous spear like that one deserved a much harsher sentence, like a $3333.33 fine.

I laughed.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Actually it is a spear by the letter of the law.

Actually it's not. Not even close. It's a slash, but not even close to a spear. To be a spear, you have to hit your opponent with the toe or blade of your stick. He Hit Subban halfway up the shaft of his stick.

 

[Unspecified]

Nope.

From the NHL rulebook:

"Spearing shall mean stabbing an opponent with the point of the stick blade"

Want to retract your statement?

No because they call upstickting someone in the nuts a spear almost 99% of the time.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

No because they call upstickting someone in the nuts a spear almost 99% of the time.

Well, I would agree with you...but then we'd both be wrong.

 

[Sigh]

No because they call upstickting someone in the nuts a spear almost 99% of the time.

And "they" would be wrong almost 99% of the time.

 

[ArGarBarGar]

Yeah, he really put his weight into that one.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

He meant the continous pounding of the Leafs into oblivion.

Thats not an atrocity. Thats just plain ol' fun.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Actually it's not. Not even close. It's a slash, but not even close to a spear. To be a spear, you have to hit your opponent with the toe or blade of your stick. He Hit Subban halfway up the shaft of his stick.

62.1 Spearing - Spearing shall mean stabbing an opponent with the point
of the stick blade, whether contact is made or not.

 

[BruinLVGA]

Thats not an atrocity. Thats just plain ol' fun.

Agreed.

 

[me2]

OK, So he's hit someone in the nuts. Though that's technically not a spear and I'm technically still correct.

I said nut shot not spear.

 

[Bleedred]

What year did this event referenced in the title happen?

2013?

We're talking about Steve Ott here? He speared Chara?

I wonder what Steve Ott is doing these days, I hope he's enjoying retirement.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Chara's pulled so much dirty stuff over the years...that's why he won't get any pity from most fans..

Outside of his stanchion hit... what dirty stuff? If Chara played dirty he'd be filling hospitals.

 

[BruinsBtn]

What year did this event referenced in the title happen?

2013?

We're talking about Steve Ott here? He speared Chara?

I wonder what Steve Ott is doing these days, I hope he's enjoying retirement.

It happened Saturday. What are you talking about?

 

[Lyons71]

I think brutal spears like this should be more penalized than a fine. It's going to take someone losing a testicle for the league to start punishing it.

 

[Brewins]

I think brutal spears like this should be more penalized than a fine. It's going to take someone losing a testicle for the league to start punishing it.

I mean i know its not common, but kessel is playing on 1 nut, I bet he would be pissed if someone ruined his chances of having a kid by doing this. Also debrusk had a slapshot there that swelled him up to the size of a tennis ball, concussions suck and so does loosing/breaking a nut.

 

[lifelonghockeyfan]

The league allowed one of their TV teams (the Bruins) to take cheap shots all the time when they were a premier team. Bruins are now just a middling team, so the Bruins won't have League rules for 29 teams and the Campbell rules for Boston.

Marchand, Ott, Gallagher, good players (well maybe not Ott) are guys who just love getting their "shots" in and then want the refs to come in and save them when a scrum ensures.

 

[nmbr_24]

Outside of his stanchion hit... what dirty stuff? If Chara played dirty he'd be filling hospitals.

Even on that play he was just rubbing him out into the boards like what happens every single game and it was a freak accident. Chara has no history of being any more dirty than almost any other player.

 

[nmbr_24]

The league allowed one of their TV teams (the Bruins) to take cheap shots all the time when they were a premier team. Bruins are now just a middling team, so the Bruins won't have League rules for 29 teams and the Campbell rules for Boston.

Marchand, Ott, Gallagher, good players (well maybe not Ott) are guys who just love getting their "shots" in and then want the refs to come in and save them when a scrum ensures.

That's a myth and a really stupid one if you actually look at the way things went and to look at the stats. As a matter of fact, they had to deal with a stricter set of rules because some people continue to perpetuate this myth and they are always under intense scrutiny and they have been for a long, long time.

People saying that Campbell did anything for the Bruins are just ridiculous and I assume they are jealous of how good the Bruins were.

 

[Bending and Tending]

It happened Saturday. What are you talking about?

You and another poster or two went on a tangent about Subban/Marchand...

 

[pierre gagnon*]

The league allowed one of their TV teams (the Bruins) to take cheap shots all the time when they were a premier team. Bruins are now just a middling team, so the Bruins won't have League rules for 29 teams and the Campbell rules for Boston.

Marchand, Ott, Gallagher, good players (well maybe not Ott) are guys who just love getting their "shots" in and then want the refs to come in and save them when a scrum ensures.

It has gone the other way, Pastrnak 2 game suspension was a joke, should have been just a penalty, no history and bamm 2 games. Meahwhile Shaw gets off from home boy Quintal, like all the Subban slewfoots were deemed ok but its just the Bruins I see, lol. I do remember Crosby nut speared Moore of the Rangers and nothing was said at all. Depends who it is I guess.

 

[NDiesel]

What bothers me here: for a spear, you know exactly what the intentions are for a player - yet Ott gets fine.

There have been a few borderline hits - intention is impossible to define in these instances - and there have been suspensions....makes no sense to me.